SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Former Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo received two life sentences on Friday after he was found guilty in the grisly killing of his 27-year-old pregnant lover.
A federal judge sentenced Verdejo following emotional speeches by the family of Keishla Rodríguez, who was killed in April 2021.
Verdejo had been found guilty in July of kidnapping that leads to a death and of causing the death of an unborn child.
He also testified that the day Verdejo killed Rodríguez, the ex-boxer punched her and injected her with a toxic substance before they tied her limbs to a cement block and threw her off a busy bridge and into a lagoon in broad daylight.
Verdejo had participated in the 2012 Olympics and became a professional boxer that year.
Persons:
Félix Verdejo, Verdejo, Rodríguez, Luis Antonio Cádiz, Verdejo’s, Cádiz
Organizations:
JUAN, Former Puerto
Locations:
Puerto Rico, Former Puerto Rican, U.S